Welcome to another edition of Raptors Reasonablists with Eric Koreen and Blake Murphy. Throughout the year, lead NBA writer Koreen and regular contributor Murphy discuss hot-button issues surrounding the Raptors, but with an even-keeled approach in pursuit of finding reasonable middle ground. If we have faith in anything, it is that reasonable middle grounds lead to: a) workable long-term solutions; b) increased empathy and understanding for others; and c) more wins — at least more wins when they truly matter — probably. We hold these truths to be self-evident, and we hold these truths to be good truths.

Murphy: It almost seemed like the Raptors, and by proxy we, were out of the weeds a bit there. Had Toronto come away with a victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, they would have secured a third consecutive victory, building a semblance of momentum (or whatever the more proper psychological term is for the apparent exponential and self-fulfilling growth...